294. Messrs. J. C. Melvill and R. Standen on 
(et penultimo) ordine superiore, squamis incurvis, magis con- 
spicuis, arctissime accincto, infra peripheriam, circa umbilicum, 
tribus ordinibus multe minoribus; apertura rotunda, intus mar- 
garitacea ; peristomate crassiusculo, umbilico corneo, multispirali. 
Alt. 6, diam. 7°50 mm. 
Hab. Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Maskat, 10-15 fathoms. 
A very beautiful little shell, not very near any of the 
genus with which we are acquainted. ‘The scaly spines are 
characteristic, being fluted, hollow, and profusely covering 
the surface, thrice-ranked on the penultimate, six-ranked on 
the last whorl; but three, however, of them are conspicuous, 
more particularly the one in both whorls just below the sutures. 
Around the umbilicus the three rows are not so highly deve- 
loped. ‘The operculum is horny and multispiral. 
Enida persica, sp.n. (Pl. XX. fig. 10.) 
E. testa parva, depresso-conica, solidula, profunde sed anguste um- 
bilicata, albo-straminea, hic illic, preecipue apud peripheriam, 
spiraliter pallide rubro vel brunneo maculata ; anfractibus 6, apud 
suturas gradatulis, quorum duo apicales vitrei, canaliculati, leeves, 
cateris, preecipue ultimo, spiraliter liratis, simul ac infra, juxta 
suturas, forti carina preeditis (ultimo anfractu apud peripheriam 
bicarinato), longitudinaliter obliquissime sed obscure costulatis, 
costulis apud ultimum szepius fere evanidis, ad juncturas lirarum, 
preecipue supra, gemmulatis, infra peripheriam usque ad umbili- 
cum spiraliter pulcherrime tenuiliratis ; lira majore interdum cum 
minore alternante, undique minute gemmulatis; apertura sub- 
quadrata, labro paullum incrassato, regione umbilicari excavata. 
Alt. 3, diam. 5 mm. 
Hab. Gulf of Oman, lat. 24° 58’ N., long. 56° 54’ E., 
156 fathoms. 
Allied to the type of the genus LE. japonica, Ad., but 
differing in both size and form. It is not so large or hand- 
some as the recently described H. Townsend, Sowb., from a 
neighbouring locality. ‘The sculpture is elaborate for so small 
a shell; the liree and carine on the last whorl number 
together six above the periphery, while below it there are 
ten, all being more or less granulate; the base is flattened, 
umbilical region somewhat excavate, mouth squarrose; the 
painting is pale red blotching, of a trigonal shape round 
the last two whorls, and most conspicuous at the periphery. 
Many examples occurred at the very prolific dredging- 
station mentioned above” 
